Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-09-09
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Hon Isl.a X. e. vcu. Il. r fa,'.-.-'. r.
Republican Guberna'orial Cor7cn',,n'
recently held ia Baltimore NJ Nc
COmas introduced hi, siyins Il hage
the honor Of presenting an honest, pure
Democrat, who has the coura.s OF P &c
ing the good Of the teopl before The
party" Mr Cowen was in r,a. yet he
made a ratiling speech lie ad
II am good deal in the position z =
witness ! once had 10 ralnId ra>e
II vas Mr. Ross Winans III road h'i
occasion TO need some new properly ior 4
/ rgl 81 way between Baltlnor ani thc
Niai.ct Hotel The property sudden y
developed new beauties and remarkable
qualities You farmers know boss rap
idly property becomes valuabs when o.
Is wanted by railroad vet o. Mr.
Wlnaus TO find out the real valt of the
property lie was not in stror. hr1!th.
lut bis mind was still full ofc.or J
offered him carriage to drive BIN 70
aud from the court house 10 q. bis fes-
timouy as a witness. You az. .aw-
yer, he said and ought to end aut Hhat
your witness is going to say before you
put him on the stand Now wa don't
know What will say when | come to
testify. Welt said, 'whai DO leu
think the property is wo tn Hi 1u-
swer was Not damn Laughter !
suppose am being put upon Ire stand
to-day somewhat as an expert witness
You want to know something Of Demo
cratic reform under the presen manage
mcnt You have not asked me my
opinion beforehand. but am afraid I
must answer as MIR. Winans dd-it aIa't
worth damn. Laughter and applause
1t is curious for an independent Demo-
crat like me 10 address this convention
but want to say for myself, a, well "a,
for the body Of Independent Democratic
voters Of the State, that they propose to
support out and out the ticket. ,lat YOU
have nominated to-day | know we'll
two Of the men on your ticket With
one Of them the railroad for which | am
counsel engaged in the most serious lit
igalion in which the road is nov conccru-
ed He is on oneside, and am on Il e
other and ! show my confidence 10 hun
by saying that | shall support bin and
the whole ticket Applause Throw
down tue gauntlet and trip gaily TO the
Fray Oh some If the men on tie trket
named by the regular Democrats. as
they like 20 call themselves | shall say
nothing, unless unless laughter they
pay their respects to me. The regular
Democrats have adopted their platform,
in which they say that ,hcy are III favor
of the Iilden election law-with such
modification as will make i applicable To
the conditions Of the State Of MARYLAND
Tia; modification means the spo,ls sys-
tenn. Laughter
FED wGru PROMISES LoXG ENOUGH
They declare themselves in favor
reform election laws. Why, thcy have
been saying that for Twelve years =
There has never been contested clcc-
ton since 1873 in which the regulars
have not been defeated and the opp)si-
ton was elected but counted out 1t
was Mr. German who engineered the
looting Of the ballot boxes, with Mr.
RaSin, his lieutenant. 1t was DIR Cor
man who brought Mr. Eugene Higgins
to Howard county to forge the ballots
Nr Corn an puts his lieutcnants in the
convention-James Busoy, or j IN, for
short, aud Fred Buckheimer, Or Fritz,
for brevity and makes them viel prcsi-
dents in the convention. whlle ne ap
points them to do the ballot box stuihng
and corruption at the polls They prom
Used election laws in 1875 and lo'9.--
The legislature elected upon the plat
form Of 1870, which was as fullof prom
Uses as the mulberry tree is of fruit-was
not ;hat legislature the most corrupt
ever known? And yet am | to be a
child aud rely on their promises Of cleo
t on law r. orm We have been fed with
the cast wind Of broken promises long
enough. We are tired of this kind of
currency They have now got to resume
specie payment They have taken the
very people WHO committed these frauds
and PIT them into Office How can we
believe the professions of this convention
when these very men sat in that conven-
ton and asseuted to the professions Of
reform who had just previously manipu-
lated the primaries, | believe IN party
responsibility These regulars say N
thcir platform the number Of good thing
they have done There is a branch OF
the Johu, Hopkins University called the
ocrD scope department, and | leave
these things to be referred to that branch
and await its scientific report. Ap-
plauso
MIR Cowcn likencd the efforts of the
Independent Democrats tothe appeals Of
Absalom to Jo1b over and over again
had Ab,alon bcsought Joab o come to
i him, and again and again Joab refused
AZ last Absalom said: "Nce Joab's
field is near mine, aud he hath barley
there; 20 aud set it on fire And Also
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